Despite substantial Democratic electoral losses in the region in 2002, Democrats have made net gains here since 1998.

In 1966, Iowa, like other states, suffered Democratic losses, but Hughes survived.

Remember that all the pundits predicted Democratic losses in the mid-term elections, and when the opposite happened, they said impeachment was dead.

In 1980, the Reagan coalition was possible because of Democratic losses in most social-economic groups.

This sounds suspiciously like sour grapes after yet another Democratic loss, interpreted by many as another blow to liberalism.

But notwithstanding the great Democratic loss in number of counties for the nation, there was actually a greater number in 5 of the sections.

The Democratic losses in the Senate in 1980 were:

The Democratic loss in the election, he said, "was the fault of too many who found their voices stilled by not-so-subtle ideological intimidation.

But Democratic losses will not necessarily translate directly into lost votes on legislation.

The Democratic loss of control in the House is historically seen as somewhat surprising, since no major issue played a role in their defeat.